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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Integrating international medical graduates into Washington's health care delivery system."
+description: "Integrating international medical graduates into Washington's health care delivery system."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 6551"
+citation: "Washington SB 6551 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["IMMIGRATION", "IMMIGRANTS", "AND IMMIGRATION STATUS", "HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-22"
+last_action: "2020-04-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79950906-0ff5-4308-91f4-d62215d6997f"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6551&year=2019"
+source_hash: "e207e8a9ef1bf0a07a9abb936013b794d6b0f5bd2133af1d71d80ed2c95a01a4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 6551 (2019-2020) — Integrating international medical graduates into Washington's health care delivery system.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6551.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#53) — **27–19** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **66–30** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stanford — primary (person)
+- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
+- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
+- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-22** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-05** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-05** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-02-06** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-27** HCW - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-10** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-02** Chapter 325, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-02-03T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+- **2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79950906-0ff5-4308-91f4-d62215d6997f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+